'Point Break' Redo For Alcon Entertainment

LOS ANGELES, CA., SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 – Financing and production company Alcon Entertainment is set to remake the 1991 action-thriller POINT BREAK as a feature film for release by Warner Bros, its home studio, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEO’s Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. The Alcon principals secured rights to the project the week of the original film’s 20th anniversary from RGM Media, John McMurrick and Chris Taylor. Kosove and Johnson will produce along with Michael DeLuca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Kurt Wimmer who also wrote the screenplay (“Salt,” “Law Abiding Citizen,” upcoming “Total Recall”). RGM Media principal Devesh Chetty and investor John McMurrick, Chairman o fMarloss Entertainment, will serve as Executive Producers. The film is being fast tracked, with the filmmakers set to take the project out to directors soon.

The new version is set in the world of international extreme sports, and like the original involves an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a criminal ring, but plot points beyond that have not been revealed by the filmmakers. State Johnson and Kosove: “Who doesn’t love the Kathryn Bigelow original and its pure heart-pounding action and thrills? Kurt’s take infuses the story and characters with new twists and settings.” Adds DeLuca ” ‘Point Break’ wasn’t just a film, it was a Zen meditation on testosterone fueled action and manhood in the late 20th century and we hope to create the same for the young 21st!” In addition to the feature rights, Alcon has also secured television and gaming rights to POINT BREAK. The Bigelow original, starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey, was produced by Largo Entertainment and released by Fox.

83 Comments

Vaya con dios • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Good lord, is nothing sacred anymore?

um • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Remakes do well. Get over it already. This is called Show BUSINESS. Not that “Point Break” is really a smart business choice (I don’t think many people care about the original film or a remake). But ever since the early days of film, movies have been remade and adapted from pre-existing material and properties, etc. The film business is no less creative today than it ever was. This is really not a new development.

Jack • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

“Remakes do well. Get over it already” ?????

Right. That’s why Nikki had to do a fucking “autopsy report” on both Fright Night & Conan. And that was just August.

They don’t do well. And if you can list the ones that made more money and were done better the second time around, I can give you ten that ate shit and died.

The problem is you get these ivy-league MBA’s that don’t know their dick from their elbow about telling a story. They look at filmmaking like an equation.

Stars + KnownProduct = HUGE FUCKING BLOCKBUSTER, BRO!

That why we get things like next summer’s Battleship. Hope Nikki’s got her gloves ready.

Uh… yes, they do VERY well which is why the majority if films or either sequels, remakes, re-imaginings, reboots, etc. and he’s absolutely correct, Hollywood has been re-making films since they started making them, so this is nothing new. And for the record, dummy, if they didn’t continue to make money, why do they not only continue to be made but more importantly, why do the number of them continue to increase every year?

An no you can’t name one that did well and then 10 that died, so stop talking your of your ass an actually do some real research.

Sam • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

I think Jack’s point, however ineloquent, is that your film is just as likely to fail if it’s a known product as it would if it were original. We can all agree there are plenty of fantastic flops based on “known products”. Why, then, did they fail? And why did something like Indiana Jones succeed when it wasn’t familiar with audiences. Well, it comes down to writing and directing and casting and crew and a lot of different things. And you would think studio big-wigs would realize this and not be so opposed to greenlighting an original spec script if it’s well-done. Personally I’d like to see the next StarWars or Terminator or Matrix or Taxi Driver or Star Trek…

But I can see why you like rehashed crap Shawn. You spend all day watching TV and then blogging about it.

Yikes!

ck • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Does anybody in hollywood have an original idea anymore? They need to just knock this crap off & get their own ideas!

Martine • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

how soon before they re-make The Godfather? “Point Break” is the greatest action drama of all time.

david • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

if they EVER remade the Godfather, I would quit filmmaking altogether

stupidusATmailDOTcom • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

And if all your colleagues would follow suit, everyone would get a chance to do something more worthwhile with our time than watch movies. I pray this is going to go through.

nikkiry dickery dock • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

From the guys who brought The Blindside and The Affair Of The Necklace… I can’t wait!

LPB • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

A remake of “The Blindside”! Brilliant idea! Thanks!

CynicalCritic • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

I think I finally got it!

Now that Patrick Swayze is six feet under, they’re remaking all of his greatest hits: “Red Dawn”, “Dirty Dancing” and “Point Break”.

I MUST FORCE TO AGREE WITH CYNICALCRITIC. PATRICK SWAYZE ISN’T BURIED THREE YEARS WHEN HOLLYWOOD DECIDE TO REMAKE NEARLY ALL HIS FILM. WHAT HAPPENED TO ORIGINAL FILM. I BEIEVE THAT I WILL WAITED UNTIL THE FILM IS RELEASE ON DEVD BEFORE I WILL SEE THEM. GOOD LUCK TO THE FUTURE. YOUR TRULY CHARLES DAVID HASKELL

JohnDoe • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Further evidence that Hollywood is completely bereft of the talent required to come up with good ideas.

Valerie • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Nope, not bereft of talent and ideas — but rather, bereft of the ability to recognize them, and the bravery to greenlight them, among the pockets.

I’m going to point this out for the cheap seats who don’t get this concept: The industry is about making money first and art second… period. If it weren’t for the popcorn blockbuster films, the “higher quality” films that no one wants to pay to fucking see, would never be made. The “Point Break” reboots of the world are subsidizing the films like ‘Black Swan’ and the ‘King’s Speech’ because if they couldn’t make $500 million on what you consider crap, no one in their right mind would ever consider green lighting a more highbrow, high-quality, potentially low-return production.

Ralph Jones • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Can Congress pass legislation to stop these travesties from happening? I take it Hollywood is going to go through the entire Patrick Swayze film catalogue for ideas for the next ten years. I bet you Colin Farrell is in it.

The Dept of the Redundancy Dept • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

No.

Utah • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

I’ll take two please

Ummmm • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

They already did remake Point Break for the 21st century, they called it The Fast and the Furious. Did no one notice it was the exact same story?

Agreed! • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

I’ve been saying that for years. I don’t know which is more blatant, this one or Cars/Doc Hollywood.

You forgot Avatar/Pocahontas, Jim Cameron was completely lazy on that rewrite.

Anonymous • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Ur right it was the exact same movie, almost word for word, I know as I had a project in Dev at Universal At the time, we were doing the exact same thing only using boats. Point Break Surfing, Fast Furious Cars, and My Project Boats. We had a tentative green light then Vinvendi went and sold Universal, and that was the end of that.

Speedy Gonzalez • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

When is someone going to reboot “Faces Of Death”?

IAMDOINGIT • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

That’s right, faces of death coming your way soon!

Original Ideas please come back • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

EPIC FAIL!!! How dare they take a great movie like Point Break and try to remake it? Beyond lame.

Shy • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Really? I thought Fast and Furious was a reboot of Point Break :)

Shy • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Who’s next? I’m surprised they did not reboot Gone with the Wind. With some Blake Lively, Olivia Wilde, Zac Efron and Justin Timberlake as Lead actors.

sonique • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

In a word. OY. FYI, there’s a SPOOF of this playing at the Dragonfly theater every Fri night in Hollywood. WHich is exactly where this idea belongs.

Brodie, I...am...an...FBI...agent! • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

There’s only one actor who can do Keanu Reeves’ *impeccable* characterization of Johnny Utah any justice whatsoever…

And that’s Tay-Tay Lautner.

cousintim • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

That’s SPECIAL AGENT Johnny Utah, sir.

BigSky • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Not even close. Keanu was working a big-hearted recklessness into the character, all culminating into a Zen spiritual place. It’s going to be hard to find that perfect mix of fiery heart and Buddhist calm in any new actor. Swayze and Keanu were perfect for their roles because they brought a background in Buddhism. That lent a different flavor to the action genre than the typical machismo stuff. The producers are going to have to look outside the typical choices for action hero actors to find suitable replacements, just like at the time Keanu himself was an unconventional choice for action hero.

never • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

god no. let genius lie…

dude • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

STOP WITH THE REMAKES.

George • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

OH Remakes Just Another reason the Action genre is dead in hollywood.

Tommy • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

NO…. I generally enjoy and like remakes, but I doubt I’ll ever be able to bring myself to watch this…

bobby the saint • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

And here it was I was thinking the Ivy League brains behind Alcon at least had a scintilla of originality in their ambitions. Just a blatant money grab. Is nothing sacred in Hollywood anymore? Geez Louise. If I could permanently nuke one word and deed from Hollywood’s vocab on the inane it would be this: Reboot!

Valerie • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

I’m on pins and needles waiting for them to announce the reboot of Grandview USA.

Seriously Disappointed • on Sep 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Wow – I used to have a lot of respect for Mike Deluca and company. But this… and they fact that they’re…excited about it?